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  • Selex ES to Supply Surveillance Radars for Australian Maritime Authority - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Selex ES to Supply Surveillance Radars for Australian Maritime Authority

    Selex ES has been selected to deliver surveillance radars for Cobham’s search and rescue aircraft set for delivery to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. The Seaspray 5000E active electronically scanned array radars will be installed in Cobham’s Challenger aircraft, Selex said Thursday. Cobham’s aviation services in Australia will provide search and rescue services to the Australian […] More

  • Booz Allen’s Angela Messer: Connectivity, New Threats Come With Internet of Things - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen’s Angela Messer: Connectivity, New Threats Come With Internet of Things

    Booz Allen Hamilton, ISC, Cyber 360 Solutions and NRI Secure Technologies have jointly unveiled the findings of a study that examined concerns about technology sprawl among security professionals as the threat landscape expands. Frost & Sullivan conducted the seventh global information security workforce study between October and December 2014 to gauge the views of nearly 14,000 […] More

  • Verizon’s Mike Denning: ‘Sizable Gaps’ in Enterprise Threat Responses Continue - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon’s Mike Denning: ‘Sizable Gaps’ in Enterprise Threat Responses Continue

    A new Verizon cybersecurity report has highlighted what the company describes as a continuing gap between the time a data breach occurs and when a company detects the cyber attack. Mike Denning, vice president of global security for Verizon enterprise solutions, said Wednesday that the company continues “to see sizable gaps in how organizations defend […] More

  • Northrop Demos Waveform Space Processor; Tim Frei Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Demos Waveform Space Processor; Tim Frei Comments

    Northrop Grumman has completed tests for a protected tactical waveform space processor intended to help improve battlefield communications for soldiers. The processor established communication through the U.S. Air Force’s tactical waveform during the demonstration at the MIT/Lincoln Labs test facility, Northrop said Wednesday. The tactical waveform platform incorporated multichannel demodulators, Ethernet-based packet switching, high-data-rate modulators and control […] More

  • DRS to Install Voice Comms Systems in US Navy Aegis Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS to Install Voice Comms Systems in US Navy Aegis Ships

    DRS Technologies has been awarded a $55 million contract with the U.S. Navy to install voice communications systems in the Aegis cruisers and destroyers. The integrated communications systems will link to the ships’ announcement system, shore telephone lines, radio and sound-powered telephone circuits, DRS said Wednesday. DRS will begin the installation process in 2015. The IVCS […] More

  • NASA Awards Mathematical Computing Software IDIQ to MathWorks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Awards Mathematical Computing Software IDIQ to MathWorks

    MathWorks Inc. has been awarded a $30 million contract to train NASA engineers and scientists on using a mathematical computing software. The Natick, Massachusetts-based company will also provide fresh software licenses and perform maintenance services for the space agency, NASA said Wednesday. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract contains a one-year base period and four one-year options. MathWorks […] More

  • Raytheon Receives Exelis Ground Encryptors for US Air Force GPS; Joe Rambala Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Receives Exelis Ground Encryptors for US Air Force GPS; Joe Rambala Comments

    Exelis has handed Raytheon six updated ground encryptors built for installation in the operational control system of the U.S. Air Force’s global positioning system. The encryptors are designed to help secure data transmitted between OCX and navigation payloads aboard the Air Force’s GPS satellites, Exelis said Wednesday. Joe Rambala, Exelis vice president and general manager […] More

  • SES Receives Additional Satellite Order from US Central Command - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES Receives Additional Satellite Order from US Central Command

    SES Government Solutions has received a task order for an undisclosed amount to deliver additional Ku-band satellite services to the U.S. Central Command. The order is for 288 MHz satellite capacity that is designed to help U.S. troops transmit and receive information, SES said Wednesday. The contract contains a one-year base period and four one-year […] More

  • ManTech Unveils New Edition of Malware Analysis Offering; Raj Dodhiawala Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Unveils New Edition of Malware Analysis Offering; Raj Dodhiawala Comments

    A ManTech International Corp. subsidiary has introduced a new version of its automated malware analysis tool intended to help customers detect malware and comply with data protection rules. ManTech Cyber Solutions International designed the Responder PRO Linux Edition for users to analyze physical memory from Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS servers, ManTech said Wednesday. “The […] More

  • Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Hosts NSA’s Cyber Defense Training Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Hosts NSA’s Cyber Defense Training Exercise

    Parsons has helped to kick off National Security Agency-run cyber defense exercise that runs between April 13 and April 17 to help train students on secure network operations. At least 100 students from the U.S. service academies and the Royal Military College of Canada are participating in the event at Parsons’ Columbia, Md.-based cyber center, Parsons said Tuesday. Mary Ann […] More

  • HP Signs New Arkansas Medicaid Info System Mgmt Contract; Susan Arthur Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HP Signs New Arkansas Medicaid Info System Mgmt Contract; Susan Arthur Comments

    HP Enterprise Services will continue to handle the Medicaid information system of Arkansas under a new seven-year, $190 million contract with the state’s Department of Human Services. HP will extend its term as state’s Medicaid fiscal agent and process customer claims through the company’s interChange Medicaid management information system, HP said Tuesday. The contract contains a one-year base period and six one-year […] More

  • BAE Systems to Help Modernize US Navy Weapon Launch Platforms; Mark Keeler Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems to Help Modernize US Navy Weapon Launch Platforms; Mark Keeler Comments

    BAE Systems has been awarded a three-year, $13.8 million contract with the U.S. Navy to update the weapon launch platforms on U.S. and allied nations’ submarines. The company will work to develop, analyze and integrate new weapon launch and payload systems; control interfaces; and assemble and evaluate test facilities and naval platforms, BAE said Tuesday. […] More